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The Iraqi refugee disaster.(Report)
Some 30 years ago, a massive wave of refugees followed another U.S. military intervention overseas. Between the fall of Cambodia to Khmer Rouge insurgents and the subsequent collapse of the South Vietnamese government in 1975-79, 230,000 people fled those countries. The world moved swiftly, resettling some 170,000, primarily in the United States, France, Canada, and Australia. (1) In 1979, following Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia, the United States doubled its resettlement quota from 7,000 to 14,000 a month. (2) Between August 1975 and January 1979, Washington provided 52 percent of the budget of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), compared to the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, The Iraqi refugee disaster.(Report)